Australia and India might have played four one-day internationals against each other already, but they weren’t FINALS. Now its serious. Previously, both teams were only concerned with getting to THE FINALS. But now they’re 100% focused on the three separate matches that comprise THE FINALS.

We all thought that the World Cup was long-winded and wearisome, but the Commonwealth Bank Series takes eight matches to remove one team, before an all-or-nothing, win-at-all-costs final. Actually, that’s not true. You can lose the first one. There are still two more finals after that.

Shall probably only watch to see if they actually come to blows in this set of three – enough with the name calling and insulting – Punter has some fighting form and Hayden is obviously keen to bop someone smaller than himself. Not sure about the fighting potential of the Indian team but would have though Sreesanth would be a good bet and Harby could give someone a nasty bite.